CAUTION: This thread has undergone several turns and long ago stopped having anything to do with baseball. It really belongs now in the General Discussion forum, but I don't know of any way to move it there. If you don't want to read about politics or social issues, don't go here...

(Original post: A man I used to work with said that bad news always comes in threes.

(Three straight 100+win teams have lost in the LCS.

(Today I had three Maddux '95 starts, and lost all three -- two of them in playoff games.

(I can't wait to see what comes next...)

Cast your vote for which you would ban from the forums: Boasters or Whiners?

(P.S. -- I'm watching the Grammy awards and have nothing better to do...)

I don't mind boasters per se, as long as they have a reason to boast. I used to get a kick out of Lemay Ripper (and every so often he'd offer some real insight, too). The ones that boast for no good reason are irritating. However, I wouldn't ban anybody: if I don't like a certain poster, I just don't read his posts.

I like both... I enjoy the boasters like the late, lamented lemayripper because it was fun to beat them, and if they beat me, then (in my IHMO) they had a good reason to boast. I also don't mind the whiners because sometimes they point out problems that WIS really needs to address. People whined about the super Long A reliever, and WIS fixed it. That was a good thing. Besides, like pinotfan says, if there is anyone that truly annoys me, it's pretty easy to ignore their posts.

I don't have a problem with either Boasters or Whiners.

The only posters I can't really accept are the ones who type in all caps. They are annoying as all get out.

It's not even the content, as Big_kahuna's posts are quite humorous and sometimes even enlightening (read: money-making)... it's the sense that those posts are being YELLED at me that is most disconcerting.

Quote: Originally posted by crazystengel on 2/11/2008As long as Republicans can continue to fix the polling booths come election day like in 2000, it's all good.

FTFY

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